This thesis demonstrates, the (laudable) concession by policymakers to include economic development (ED) in the configuration of the procurement programme set the REIPPPP on a trajectory that would trigger irrepressible tensions in South Africa’s political economy of energy.
South Africa’s contested transition to energy democracy: Lessons and struggles from the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme
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